Shock-loader.



J. B. SGHUMAN.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.18,1902.

91 0,423. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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J. B. SCHUMAN.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION :FILED AUG.18,1902.

910,423. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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JAMES B. SOHOMANOE COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB To JAMES B. SOHUMANAND y JOSEPH K. SHABPE, JB., BOTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ANDTHEOPHILUS KING,

OF QUINOY, MASSACHUSETTS, Ay OOPABTNEBSHIP.

SHOCK-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed August 1s, `1902. serial No. 120,097.

To all 'vwm 'it concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. SCHUMAN,

' a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Columbia City, in thecounty of Whitley andState of India-na,` have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shock- Loaders, ofwhich the following is aspeciication.

The fodder value of corn stalks and leaves depends quite materially uponthe cost of putting the same into a mow, and this costl `depends largelyupon the cost of handling and transporting the shocks of corn fromtheeld to a suitable shredder.

The object of my invention is, therefore, to provide a mechanism whichmay be, if desired, easily attached to any usual hay "rack or platformwagon, Ordinarily found `on every farm, and by means of which drawingsillustrate p 3 is a detail of the windlass support.

' secured at 17 to the standards.

upon tracks 13 are trucks 18, 18 from which In the drawings, 10indicates the'usual latform of a w'agon such as is ordinarily ound onevery farm, said platform being provided at opposite ends with standards11 vand 12.

My improvement consists of a pair of arallel beams 13 connected atopposite ends y cross-arms ,1l and 15 to form a pair of parallel tracks..The cross-arms 14 and 15 are connected to the upper ends of theuprights 11 and 12, respectively, and suitably braced by means of braces16 detaehably Mounted depends a U -Shaped supporting yoke 19 whichpasses beneath tracks 13. Pivoted to yoke 19, at 20, is a transversetrack-beam 21 `carrying a track 22 extending from end to 'end thereof.Mounted on track 22 is a carriae 23 of any. usual and well known form.sai carriafre being provided with` a usual spring cate -pawl 24 which,when the carriage is at one end of thetrack, is adapted to engage astationary stop 25 so as to hold the carriage at that end of the track.Sus-` pended from carriage 23 by a suitable cable `26 is a snatch-block27 Of usual form provided at its Aupper end with awedge 28 which, whenthe snatch-block is drawn to its uppermost position, is adapted toengage the tail of pawl 24 so as to operate to release the same from thestop 25 vin the usual manner. Cable 26 passes over a pulley 29 carriedat the forward end of carriage 23;

from thence to a snatch-block 30 suspended from the opposite end oftransverse beam 21,

and from thence to a windlass 31 which is supported upon a-bracket 32.Bracket 32y isprovided with a pairof ribs 33 which. straddle alongitudinal track-beam 31.Se

thereof beneath the usual platform. Snatchblock 27 carries a chain 35 orany other suit; able means adapted to embrace a shock.

In operation, the Wagon is driven along.

side a shock and trucks 1S shifted along tracks 13 until substantiallyopposite the shock.' Carriage23 is then pulled over alongtrack 22 untilits Catch 24 engages the stopi 25 so as to hold the carriage at this endof the track. Chain 35 is then wrapped about the shock in such manner asto hold the same, and the operator, by winding'the win'dlass 31, drawsthe shock upward until its bottom is above the plane of the bed 10. Bythis time the wedge28 of the snatchblock 27 comes into engagement withthe Catch 211 and releases the same, so that as the operator. continuesto wind upon the windlass the carriage 23 will be drawn along track 22until the shock is brought to about the medial line of the platformwhereupon it may be lowered in 'a standing position upon the platform.The operation is repeated at the next shock, the transverse beam 21being shifted longitudinally of the bed, either before or after theshock has -been lifted, until it lies immediately above that portion ofthe platform upon which theY next shock is to be deposited. In .drivingfrom place to place the beam 21 may be turned upon its pivot until itlies parallel with thel wagon body,` as shownin Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention.

l. In a'. shock loader, the combinationwith cured to the wagon-bed 10,one at each side' a wagon, of a longitudinal track rigid] supportedabove a Wagon-bed, a truc mounted thereon, a transverse track-beamcarried by said truck,I a vcarriage mounted upon said transverse/ beamand movable thereon, means consisting 1n part of a cable .for engaging ashock carried by said carnage, and a Windlass for engaging said cable.

2. In a shock loader, the combination with ay Wa on, of a longitudinaltrack structure rigid yv supported above a Wagon platform near the endsthereof, a truck mounted on said track structure, a transversetrack-beam pivotally mountedupon said truck, a carriage movablealongsaid transverse tracln.

' ria e over suitable guides on the track beam an thence downward to aient access.

4. In a shock loader, the combination, with a portable platform having alongitudinal point of convenwindlass receiving member, of a track struc--its length, a windlass,

ture rigidly supported above the platform, lifting mechanism adapted tobe supported by -sald track structure at different points in and meanscarried by said windlass for engagement with said longitudinalvrindla'ss member "at different 40 la portable platform having alongitudinal bar, of lifting mechanism supported above saidpla'tform, awlndlass supnort provided with members adapted to em race saidlongitudinal bar and permit said sup ort to be moved longitudinallythereof, an a windlass journaled on sald support.

6. In a shockloadenthe combination with a portable platform having alongitudinal track-beam 34, of a Windlass support having? ribs 33adapted to embrace said track-beam,l means 'for holding said Windlasssupport transversely of the track beam, and a- Windlass journaled onsaid support.

7. In a shock loader, the combination, with a portable Wagon platform,of a longitudinal track structure rigidly supported above the Wagonplatform, a truck mounted on said. track structure and movable along thesame,

' a transverse track beam pivotally supported upon said truck so as toswing in a substantially horizontal plane., and `lifting mechanismconsisting in part ofa cable carried by e? said .,carriage, said cable'extendingfrom the carriage over suitable guides on the track Ibeam and'thence downward to a point con lvenient of access.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set 7o my hand nd seal atIndianapolis, Indiana' this 11th `ay of August, A. D. one thousand ninehundred and two.

JAMES n. SCHUMAN. n.. a]

